:00:31. > :00:36.Hello, and welcome to the 2017 RHS Hampton Court Flower Show,
:00:37. > :00:44.an event supported by Viking Cruises.
:00:45. > :00:51.With the Palace on one side and the River Thames flowing on the other,
:00:52. > :00:53.this showground is one of the most magnificent settings you will find
:00:54. > :01:00.anywhere on this planet. It is. This vast 34 acre showground is home
:01:01. > :01:02.to 21 showgardens across four different categories,
:01:03. > :01:04.the Floral Marquee - packed with over 90 exhibits
:01:05. > :01:06.from specialist growers, and it wouldn't be Hampton
:01:07. > :01:08.without the Rose Marquee - celebrating the nation's
:01:09. > :01:13.favourite flower. It's a big show, but don't worry,
:01:14. > :01:32.you wont miss a thing Joe, we have other shows, what makes
:01:33. > :01:37.Hampton Court so special? It is super grand, the space, it is
:01:38. > :01:42.spacious as well. People are bringing picnics here, and you can
:01:43. > :01:47.spread out. It is a full day out. I have been coming since it started. I
:01:48. > :01:53.always feel the spirit of generosity, it makes you feel open
:01:54. > :01:57.and celebratory. And people shop and eat, and have a good time. And a
:01:58. > :02:01.whole new palette of plant are coming through this time. What
:02:02. > :02:06.colours, spiciness in the planting. A spicy show coming up.
:02:07. > :02:08.Coming up on tonight's show, Carol Klein takes a first look
:02:09. > :02:11.at the stunning exhibits filling the Floral Marquee.
:02:12. > :02:15.Designer Arit Anderson and I explore two of the conceptual gardens,
:02:16. > :02:22.a category of gardens this show has become renowned for.
:02:23. > :02:28.The next three nights, Adam will be taking plant that Weise see in the
:02:29. > :02:31.Show Gardens and showing how best to use them in your own gardens.
:02:32. > :02:37.Tonight it is all about roses. And you can share your thoughts
:02:38. > :02:40.on anything flower show related with us on our Facebook page,
:02:41. > :02:43.and on Twitter using the hashtag, And earlier, Rachel,
:02:44. > :02:51.Joe and I went to see three of this year's
:02:52. > :03:11.large show gardens. It's the height of summer, and
:03:12. > :03:17.Hampton Court is the quintessential summer flower show. Paul
:03:18. > :03:23.Hervey-Brookes's design, it encapsulates all the warmth and
:03:24. > :03:27.atmosphere of the season. He was very much inspired by travel. This
:03:28. > :03:32.structure at the heart of the garden, inspired by constant on's
:03:33. > :03:38.arches in Rome, three of them here. It is very clever, cause he has made
:03:39. > :03:43.the central one seemed very deep, because he has used a darker tone of
:03:44. > :03:48.this lovely, soft blue. You have a wonderful sense of depth. Coming
:03:49. > :03:52.through here, it is like you are in front of a stage, with a sunken
:03:53. > :03:57.terrace will stop here, he has used Ceramica tiles, etched every so
:03:58. > :04:04.often with this pattern, just enough, not too much. The wonderful
:04:05. > :04:10.sandstone steps all around that take you up to the planting. Here in the
:04:11. > :04:14.front corner, you have the magnificent Silver Birch trees. They
:04:15. > :04:20.are multi-stem Tom not only do you have the white of the bark, but a
:04:21. > :04:25.lovely softness from the branches, leaves almost trickling down to meet
:04:26. > :04:35.the rest of the plants. You have a palette of soft blues and mauves.
:04:36. > :04:41.You have a bright blue, and he mixes it all up and add a splash of yellow
:04:42. > :04:49.with the phenol. You have a change of shape and colour. Everywhere you
:04:50. > :04:53.look, there are pockets of flowers all summer long. It is perfect for
:04:54. > :04:59.softening the edges between planting and paving. It is repeated down here
:05:00. > :05:06.in this table. Continuing the rich palette of colours here, darting up
:05:07. > :05:16.through there, to this rich, lovely blend of terracotta and Rasberry. It
:05:17. > :05:20.is a garden with lovely details as well, but it all speaks of
:05:21. > :05:26.travelling, the Ceramica pot has come from a lazy. Details from
:05:27. > :05:30.China, India, a rich tapestry that brings in all the influences. For
:05:31. > :05:36.me, this is very much a romantic garden. Soft colours in the
:05:37. > :05:42.planting, a wonderful blue that is so restful on the walls here. It
:05:43. > :06:04.brings to mind that golden hour that you get between daylight, and dusk.
:06:05. > :06:13.This is the Children's Wild Garden, by Andree Davies. Unlike any show
:06:14. > :06:19.garden I have seen, the paving slabs are huge. Then there is sand, and an
:06:20. > :06:29.enormous sculpture. More than that, a child can come up to here, and
:06:30. > :06:33.give it a shelf. Look... It turns. This garden is intended to be
:06:34. > :06:38.ordinary for good reason, because it is designed for children on the
:06:39. > :06:44.autism spectrum. As you come through, and you have this open
:06:45. > :06:48.space that feels confident and big, you can then make a good tour. You
:06:49. > :06:52.come up to a secret space, this is commenting closed. You can just sit
:06:53. > :07:06.and gather yourself. I think this is probably a first for
:07:07. > :07:11.a show garden, because there is a trampoline built in. It is big
:07:12. > :07:14.enough for a wheelchair. You can put a wheelchair on and bounce it up and
:07:15. > :07:21.down, feel the extraordinary sensation of floating. You reach a
:07:22. > :07:27.crossing point, these enormous slabs that lead you on, crossing a stream.
:07:28. > :07:32.And the path begins to change, and with it the textures. It is gritty,
:07:33. > :07:37.and the stones are smaller. There is a familiarity, and a safe place with
:07:38. > :07:41.different textures that you can put your toes into. It is important to
:07:42. > :07:47.realise that people on the autism spectrum can be ultrasensitive to
:07:48. > :07:51.sound or touch, or taste, or site. And this garden is very sensitive
:07:52. > :07:57.about that. You are not crowding sensations. They come in one at a
:07:58. > :07:58.time. What a great idea. I want to talk to the design is about how they
:07:59. > :08:12.achieved that. -- designers. I love this garden. Almost all
:08:13. > :08:16.gardens that have the word children associated with it, bright rivalry
:08:17. > :08:20.colours, rubber matting so you can't hurt yourself, this is full of
:08:21. > :08:25.spikes and stones, and places to get trapped. What is going on? It is to
:08:26. > :08:28.represent the spectrum. A lot of people think autism is one
:08:29. > :08:32.condition, and it isn't. We worked with a clinical psychologist, who
:08:33. > :08:36.helped us develop the design in a subtle way, there are little areas
:08:37. > :08:40.to discover and explore. We looked at our inner child and remembered
:08:41. > :08:43.what we did as children, and that has inspired this garden,
:08:44. > :08:48.discovering the landscape. I love the trees. I love the way it feels.
:08:49. > :08:56.What we wanted were trees with personality. We have got a fabulous
:08:57. > :09:01.weeping beech, and it makes a lovely dense space beneath it. I understand
:09:02. > :09:05.the public will be able to walk through. Very much so. That was
:09:06. > :09:13.essential. We want them to experience the garden from the
:09:14. > :09:18.inside. Your last show garden here was ten years ago. Are you planning
:09:19. > :09:25.to wait another ten years? 20. At least! I think it is a wonderful
:09:26. > :09:34.garden. Thank you for coming along. Cheers.
:09:35. > :09:40.Normally Show Gardens are put together like a military operation.
:09:41. > :09:44.The designers have the plan with a sponsor in place, a construction
:09:45. > :09:53.team and, of course, a brief, too. This one has but -- been put
:09:54. > :09:58.together by Charlie Bloom, and it is called the Colour Box Garden. She
:09:59. > :10:02.came up with an anarchic approach, coming up with a simple layout, and
:10:03. > :10:06.not quite knowing what was going to end up in the garden. She put a
:10:07. > :10:11.shout out on social media for people to donate plants, materials and
:10:12. > :10:14.whatever turned up would be the garden itself. It is a very
:10:15. > :10:20.refreshing approach to a garden. It has a simple layout, pure symmetry
:10:21. > :10:24.with a water feature on the side of this path that runs down the middle,
:10:25. > :10:28.and the perennial planting is what it is all about. There is no
:10:29. > :10:33.structure in this garden, no trees or shrubs, but it doesn't matter.
:10:34. > :10:37.This is for a show, it is all about colour. On this side, you have the
:10:38. > :10:43.white lead actress. It is an un-assuming plant. It is not a
:10:44. > :10:48.flower yet. It does so much for this border. It gives out vertical
:10:49. > :10:52.accent, the white buds come out and that lime green foliage, which I
:10:53. > :10:57.love, and it sets of the planting around here and ties it into the
:10:58. > :11:03.planting back here and the taller phenol, too. It is amazing what one
:11:04. > :11:09.plant can do in a border. One negative for me, in my opinion,
:11:10. > :11:14.these three seats are a good focal point, but the colour is a bit too
:11:15. > :11:19.strong in relationship to the planting. I think, otherwise, the
:11:20. > :11:22.community has done a fantastic job. People coming together and creating
:11:23. > :11:35.something different. Now, that idea is exciting.
:11:36. > :11:41.There are lots more Show Gardens which we will show you tomorrow and
:11:42. > :11:46.on Friday night. But it doesn't matter what a show garden is like,
:11:47. > :11:53.how big or small it is, it is going to be dependent above all on its
:11:54. > :11:57.plants. If you want to see the best plants at Hampton Court, the latest
:11:58. > :12:02.fashion or the most unusual plants, then you have to go to the Floral
:12:03. > :12:09.Marquee. There, of course, is where Carol has gone.
:12:10. > :12:21.It's Hampton Court, it must be the height of summer. And what better
:12:22. > :12:29.way to introduce it than with these gladioli, and soft violet, brilliant
:12:30. > :12:34.scintillating lime greens. And they are so easy to grow. All you do is
:12:35. > :12:39.estimate when you want them to flower, so track 90-100 days and
:12:40. > :12:45.plant them. Put them in a couple of inches deep in fairly fertile
:12:46. > :12:50.ground, and they are going to reward you with these brilliant spikes of
:12:51. > :12:59.gorgeous colour, which last for weeks and weeks. Nothing could say
:13:00. > :13:09.some more than a Gladio like. -- gladioli.
:13:10. > :13:17.But you don't have two grown your Gladio like in straight lines, this
:13:18. > :13:21.series from the Netherlands illustrates that brilliantly. They
:13:22. > :13:31.come in different colours, they are small and dainty, and mix
:13:32. > :13:40.brilliantly with Indigo dreams. And these gorgeous lilies, the colour
:13:41. > :13:42.looks up at you. This whole stand with its rich and intense colours
:13:43. > :13:55.proves just how dramatic high summer can be.
:13:56. > :14:01.Sommer is all about vibrant glowing colours, too. Like this glorious
:14:02. > :14:12.because mere. They are so easy to grow, but they
:14:13. > :14:16.are totally hardy, unlike the Gladio like, which you need to lift every
:14:17. > :14:22.year. You can leave them to ramble around, split them up every couple
:14:23. > :14:26.of years. But there are other quite different plants, there is a
:14:27. > :14:34.beautiful impressionistic feeling created by this flower, and the
:14:35. > :14:36.dainty orange blooms of tango. They could be brushstrokes painted on
:14:37. > :14:48.canvas. Surely, high summer is about the
:14:49. > :14:54.spectacular, and you don't get much more jaw-dropping than these. They
:14:55. > :15:00.are sentinels, head and shoulders above the rest of the madding summer
:15:01. > :15:03.crowd. They come from the sun-drenched mountain slopes of
:15:04. > :15:08.Turkey and the Middle East. They grow in practically no soil at all.
:15:09. > :15:11.It's thin, really well drained. If you want to grow them successfully,
:15:12. > :15:17.make sure that nothing else competes with them. They want all the sun to
:15:18. > :15:23.themselves. Hampton Court is famed for its fireworks, but you could not
:15:24. > :15:33.get a more breathtaking pyrotechnic display than that provided here.
:15:34. > :15:39.Now, one of the must have plants at Hampden this year, the one on lots
:15:40. > :15:44.of stands, the one you can buy and take home and put in your own
:15:45. > :15:48.garden, well, I've spotted lots of these, these see Hollies. They are
:15:49. > :15:53.not just here in the marquee, they are dotted in the gardens as well.
:15:54. > :15:58.You can see how to use them nicely. It's a really great plant, great
:15:59. > :16:02.structure mainly. I like the spiky foliage, and they last for ages,
:16:03. > :16:06.even when they've faded and gone over, that structure will stay
:16:07. > :16:10.there. They come in a range of colours, lots of metallic silver is,
:16:11. > :16:14.right through to the blues, almost purple is. They almost look as
:16:15. > :16:19.though they've been sprayed with a spray can. They had a really useful
:16:20. > :16:29.form to the border and combine with other plants, too. Here we see it
:16:30. > :16:32.beautifully intermingled with this. It's not just the colour
:16:33. > :16:38.combination, it's the flower forms that are really interesting. We've
:16:39. > :16:46.got the flat, soft heads, and the explosions coming through. They will
:16:47. > :16:50.grow nicely together. You can go on holiday and forget about them. You
:16:51. > :17:03.can literally pick up this combination and pop it in your own
:17:04. > :17:06.garden. Flower shows are the perfect places to see old favourites like
:17:07. > :17:13.these Eryngium come into fashion. Penstemons have been away
:17:14. > :17:16.from the spotlight over the last couple of years but nursery women
:17:17. > :17:19.Julia Mitchell is on a mission to To people who don't know
:17:20. > :17:29.them I describe them They flower for a long time,
:17:30. > :17:33.starting in June and lasting They come in a great range
:17:34. > :17:37.of colours, favouring the red From deep purple, through to pure
:17:38. > :17:41.white and every shade in between. We've got over 120 different
:17:42. > :17:54.penstemon here at the nursery. One of my favourites, really,
:17:55. > :17:57.is this beautiful variety called It's also known as Garnet,
:17:58. > :18:02.which is a little bit Another one here, which is a little
:18:03. > :18:19.bit more unusual, is one You can see the foliage
:18:20. > :18:23.is quite a lot lighter. Another one which is looking really
:18:24. > :18:30.beautiful at the moment is this Look at the amount of
:18:31. > :18:34.flower on that stem. The oldest variety we've
:18:35. > :18:38.got here at the nursery I've only got one large plant of it
:18:39. > :18:43.here, which might not look very exciting, but for me
:18:44. > :18:46.is incredibly exciting. It was bred in 1860 in the UK,
:18:47. > :18:52.but is very rare in this country. As far as I'm aware there's only me
:18:53. > :18:55.and one other person in the country I think it's really important
:18:56. > :19:02.to keep the old varieties going. An awful lot of plants in the garden
:19:03. > :19:06.have been around for years and years They keep getting lost to
:19:07. > :19:09.the new varieties that come along. A lot of varieties being bred now
:19:10. > :19:12.are really big flowered. I like the classic, small flowered,
:19:13. > :19:29.but loads of flowers on each stem. My three main rules you need
:19:30. > :19:31.to follow when planting First one is, don't plant in soil
:19:32. > :19:38.that's going to be heavy The second one is you need to make
:19:39. > :19:44.sure you don't cut them In the spring in your garden this
:19:45. > :19:49.is probably something your What you need to do
:19:50. > :19:58.is cut it back hard. Go right back down to these
:19:59. > :20:00.ones at the bottom, It will start shooting again
:20:01. > :20:08.as you get into the spring months. The third and final one you need
:20:09. > :20:11.to do in order to get a flower When you actually look,
:20:12. > :20:15.you will see a pair of leaves on the top which don't have
:20:16. > :20:17.new side shoots. What you need to do is go down
:20:18. > :20:20.to a pair where there Within a month at most these little
:20:21. > :20:29.side shoots will turn into two long If you do that throughout the summer
:20:30. > :20:34.you will have flowers on all of your The optimum time for doing
:20:35. > :20:42.cuttings is September. Having said that, you can do them
:20:43. > :20:45.throughout the summer months. You just have to choose
:20:46. > :20:51.the right material. If you look, you can see
:20:52. > :20:56.the leaves at the top They're no good because they're
:20:57. > :21:00.starting to form flower shoots. You want to take cuttings
:21:01. > :21:08.from growing shoots. Come down, cut, just below a pair
:21:09. > :21:11.of leaves like that. You want it about three
:21:12. > :21:13.or four inches long. You can either use your secateurs
:21:14. > :21:17.to nick these side leaves off. I generally use my fingernail
:21:18. > :21:20.and my finger to sort of rub it off. What that does is not leave anything
:21:21. > :21:26.behind that can rot. It leaves you with a
:21:27. > :21:28.completely clean stem. You just pop that into the soil
:21:29. > :21:33.down to about there. We're going to have over 40
:21:34. > :21:36.varieties of penstemon in our stand We're going to be showing
:21:37. > :21:42.in a garden setting. We're concentrating on having a bee
:21:43. > :21:46.garden because bees love penstemon. They are going to be used in plant
:21:47. > :21:49.combinations with bee balm, monarda lavender, lupita,
:21:50. > :21:51.and loads of other things that It is really difficult to get a gold
:21:52. > :22:04.with flowering penstemon. They are very difficult
:22:05. > :22:06.to make you look perfect. We're going to give it a go this
:22:07. > :22:33.year, so fingers crossed. That question, what medal did you
:22:34. > :22:40.get? Silvergilt, but we're really pleased, just to bits. It looks
:22:41. > :22:43.perfect to me. You've got so many varieties, how many? Over 35 in
:22:44. > :22:47.flower understand, lots of different shapes and colours. What do you
:22:48. > :22:53.think is looking particularly good? The dark hours, the purple leafed
:22:54. > :23:00.one, it's taller than some of the hybrids, really stunning. One of my
:23:01. > :23:06.favourites, I have many favourites, they change all the time, I can't
:23:07. > :23:11.help it, if this variety. An older one, quite tall. A really delicate,
:23:12. > :23:17.delicate pink. Beautifully marked throat and a sturdy grower, what you
:23:18. > :23:21.need in the garden. Why do you think it's so important to continue
:23:22. > :23:25.growing older varieties as well as these lovely new introductions?
:23:26. > :23:28.People still want them, which is important. They ask for the old
:23:29. > :23:31.varieties. They are very different to the new ones, some are really
:23:32. > :23:35.delicate looking, absolutely stunning. I think it's really
:23:36. > :23:39.important to keep them going. We met someone this morning who bred one of
:23:40. > :23:48.the varieties years ago that we got on the stand, it was really exciting
:23:49. > :23:50.for me. What are the most eye-catching varieties visitors are
:23:51. > :23:54.responding to, wanting to know more about? Definitely dark towers. Laura
:23:55. > :23:57.as well because it's got those beautiful blush pink lips. And the
:23:58. > :24:03.volcano series, shorter growing. Spoilt for choice. Congratulations,
:24:04. > :24:05.it's obviously really popular with visitors. Good luck with the rest of
:24:06. > :24:20.the show, it's beautiful. Outside the marquee, one of the
:24:21. > :24:22.defining elements of the Hampton Court flower show are the conceptual
:24:23. > :24:24.gardens. These spaces challenge our
:24:25. > :24:26.understanding of plants and design. Like all of the gardens -
:24:27. > :24:28.they have a message which they communicate
:24:29. > :24:30.through the language Arit Anderson and Monty have been
:24:31. > :24:54.taking a look at two Bill Wilder has designed this garden
:24:55. > :24:57.to give this unique view, an opportunity, really, to see roots
:24:58. > :25:05.and soil structure that would normally be hidden underground.
:25:06. > :25:14.Congratulations on gold. Thank you. Well-deserved. What made you do your
:25:15. > :25:18.garden design about soil and roots? I wanted to be an educational
:25:19. > :25:23.exhibit about the soil composition. I just want to bring the viewer
:25:24. > :25:29.under the garden to see what all the key elements in the soil are, listed
:25:30. > :25:33.on the base. The bubbles on this is root osmosis going up into the
:25:34. > :25:38.roots. If you get that right at the bottom, key elements in the soil,
:25:39. > :25:43.you get an amazing garden. We want to encourage people to be aware that
:25:44. > :25:47.with good soil composition you'll get an amazing garden. If you lack
:25:48. > :25:54.those key element in the soil, it's not going to happen. We get soil
:25:55. > :25:59.erosion in the world today. Agricultural practices. This is a
:26:00. > :26:02.future problem, not for our generation, but future generations,
:26:03. > :26:07.my children, our grandchildren. If we can't sort this out now, it's
:26:08. > :26:10.going to get worse and worse. I think it's going to make people
:26:11. > :26:14.think about what's going on underneath the ground. We have to
:26:15. > :26:19.think about what is above as well. The fabulous tree up there. What did
:26:20. > :26:23.you decide to use? In the end we went for the pomegranate, they say
:26:24. > :26:28.it's the tree of life. It looks fabulous. From every angle. This is
:26:29. > :26:33.the centrepiece of this garden, the actual tree. I love the stem and the
:26:34. > :26:37.bark on it, it's amazing. How does the watering and weeding moment
:26:38. > :26:42.happen when it is that high up? That is why I have a natural wild meadow,
:26:43. > :26:45.main reason is because it tie you up, two and a half metres above
:26:46. > :26:50.ground, we want it to be tolerant of the wind, the exposure up there, the
:26:51. > :26:53.sun. If you look at the garden, we've got this amazing hedge around
:26:54. > :26:58.it, because when you look at the structure, there is a lot of meadow,
:26:59. > :27:04.massive water tank, massive root structure. We wanted real green
:27:05. > :27:09.framework going around it. So it looks like a garden. It's great, I
:27:10. > :27:10.really love it and I'm sure all the visitors will love it too. Well
:27:11. > :27:30.done. This garden is a graphic depiction
:27:31. > :27:38.of the effects of the illegal ivory trade. It's comprised of tasks of
:27:39. > :27:42.the 80 elephants that on average are slaughtered daily for their ivory.
:27:43. > :27:49.Now, that is, in itself, deeply shocking. So much for the concept.
:27:50. > :27:54.But every conceptual garden has to do a number of things, it's really
:27:55. > :27:59.hard. You have to have a good idea, a concept that provokes, and rages
:28:00. > :28:03.all draws you in. You also have to make a show garden. So what we have
:28:04. > :28:09.here is a profound message that I'm sure every visitor feels somehow
:28:10. > :28:15.they should engage with. But does the garden pull them in? Actually,
:28:16. > :28:20.like so many show gardens, that, in the end, is going to be a subjective
:28:21. > :28:27.decision. Sometimes it's quite hard to decide.
:28:28. > :28:33.This is an incredibly dramatic garden. I think everybody looks at
:28:34. > :28:37.it with a mixture of shock and awe a shock because I don't think a lot of
:28:38. > :28:42.people realise the extent of the ivory trade, and because in a funny
:28:43. > :28:45.way it's very beautiful. It's a legitimate question, to what extent
:28:46. > :28:50.is this a re-creation of a landscape and to what extent is a garden? When
:28:51. > :28:55.we were designing the garden we had in mind the concept which we wanted
:28:56. > :29:02.to get across, the ivory trade, what was occurring. To get the scale
:29:03. > :29:06.across. Inside we wanted to develop the African Savannah, so the public
:29:07. > :29:12.can come in and really feel a part of it. Tell me about some of the
:29:13. > :29:16.plans you've used. Most of these are not ones we're familiar with. This,
:29:17. > :29:23.you are telling me, is dormant rather than dead, yet you've never
:29:24. > :29:27.seen a tree look more dead. It is the classic African umbrella tree.
:29:28. > :29:31.They do go dormant in desert conditions for up to 12 months, they
:29:32. > :29:38.go without water, then they drop leaves suddenly and quickly. It is
:29:39. > :29:41.easy to get a hold of? Very hard. These travelled from command in the
:29:42. > :29:46.Middle East. They got stopped at the UAE border because we had flight
:29:47. > :29:50.problems getting them out of Oman. They spent five days there, then
:29:51. > :29:56.they made it, eventually, to Heathrow on Saturday, the day before
:29:57. > :30:01.judging. Cutting it fine. What about your leafy fronds? This over here
:30:02. > :30:05.the elephant is particularly like eating, we wanted to put that in
:30:06. > :30:10.there for that purpose. We just wanted to have that, the real sort
:30:11. > :30:12.of classic picture of an African landscape. It's a superb setting,
:30:13. > :30:25.congratulations. I do really like the conceptual
:30:26. > :30:29.gardens. They are not easy to do. They are one of the hardest Show
:30:30. > :30:34.Gardens to get a point across. But this year has good variety and they
:30:35. > :30:38.are stimulating, which they should be. Stimulations can become
:30:39. > :30:44.irritation! But I like a good conceptual garden, it should annoy
:30:45. > :30:50.somebody. If you don't find one of them, and think, what is that about?
:30:51. > :30:55.It is not doing its job. It has to be something of a garden, something
:30:56. > :30:58.of a good idea that has legs, and a bit of drum and creativity, which is
:30:59. > :31:01.not easy. The good ones over the years have stuck in my mind. They
:31:02. > :31:12.are, for me, absolutely great. Still to come this evening,
:31:13. > :31:14.we join international garden designer Andy Sturgeon
:31:15. > :31:18.as he realises a long held dream to bring a show feature
:31:19. > :31:29.with a difference to Hampton Court. This is really exciting because it
:31:30. > :31:36.is basically a Chelsea graveyard. Award winning designer Adam Frost
:31:37. > :31:38.shares his skills to ensure you get the best from your plants
:31:39. > :31:41.in the design of your garden. And Carol Klein is in
:31:42. > :31:45.the Floral Marquee exploring a fascinating group of plants
:31:46. > :31:47.guaranteed to brighten any border, This year The Hampton Court Flower
:31:48. > :31:55.Show is introducing a new garden category - the Changing
:31:56. > :31:57.World Gardens. These spaces are designed to reflect
:31:58. > :32:02.the more sustainable direction gardening is taking,
:32:03. > :32:08.demonstrate new solutions, and highlight the importance
:32:09. > :32:10.of the environment Rachel de Thame and Mark Lane went
:32:11. > :32:25.along to investigate. It really is a changing world and I
:32:26. > :32:26.think this category of gardens is going to be very popular with
:32:27. > :32:28.visitors. First-time designer
:32:29. > :32:31.Rhiannon Williams has chosen to design a garden that explores
:32:32. > :32:34.ways we can make use of the increased rainfall we have
:32:35. > :32:42.and will be experiencing due The garden is the Urban Rain Garden.
:32:43. > :32:45.It is about clever rainwater capture and storage techniques, and how you
:32:46. > :32:49.can put that into a residential setting. It features a front garden
:32:50. > :32:55.and back garden, something everybody has. It has cool, innovative ways to
:32:56. > :33:00.use water. Is it designed the storing all types of water and
:33:01. > :33:07.rainfall? Or is it directed at the flash flooding we have been having
:33:08. > :33:13.recently? It is extending the time between when it falls and sinks back
:33:14. > :33:18.into the ground. It is moving that through planters and maximising it.
:33:19. > :33:28.Talk me around the garden a little bit. We have our house facade, and
:33:29. > :33:31.it works through different channels and planters, reaching different
:33:32. > :33:36.points before ending up at the front. I love what you have done
:33:37. > :33:42.here, parking the car, it is a water feature, plants growing through the
:33:43. > :33:47.grill. Everyone needs a parking space, so it is trying to make it
:33:48. > :33:51.functional, and also use the water. I am dying to see what is through
:33:52. > :34:04.the front door, can we have a look? Of course we can! Excellent.
:34:05. > :34:10.Oh, goodness. This is wonderful. I absolutely love this. It is a proper
:34:11. > :34:18.garden, isn't it, the shape that most of us have. It is fantastic.
:34:19. > :34:22.What about these groups that go across the patio? We have these
:34:23. > :34:26.curves. They are a lovely design feature, and add shape, but any
:34:27. > :34:31.surface rainfall that falls onto the patio gets channelled. As we go down
:34:32. > :34:39.through the garden, beautiful planting again. Again, this follows
:34:40. > :34:45.through and the water continues falling. It comes from the plant at
:34:46. > :34:49.the top to the middle planter. It falls into this final one here with
:34:50. > :34:54.a drainage point to the underground tank. You have been incredibly
:34:55. > :34:59.clever, actually. You have a long, narrow space, and yet, you have
:35:00. > :35:03.broken it up into different sections, so it never feels like
:35:04. > :35:09.that. It is an interesting design. I wanted to create a functional space,
:35:10. > :35:13.as well as beautiful. It is all first design, but you have helped
:35:14. > :35:17.out on other gardens, how have you found the experience of having your
:35:18. > :35:20.baby this time? It was a mix of nerves and excitement. There were
:35:21. > :35:27.times when I was thinking, why am I doing this? You are, like, a busy is
:35:28. > :35:32.the right choice, I am glad I am here. Are you happy with how it
:35:33. > :35:35.looks? I love it. It is how I had it in my head, which I didn't think
:35:36. > :35:41.would happen. It is a brilliant garden. It may be your first time,
:35:42. > :35:59.but it will definitely not be your last. No, I hope to be back.
:36:00. > :36:10.Another Changing World Gardens is this Perennial Sanctuary Garden by
:36:11. > :36:14.Tom Massey. Perennial is a charity for people in horticulture, who have
:36:15. > :36:21.hard times, but there, they have support. This garden reflects that.
:36:22. > :36:26.So you have the hustle and bustle with the deep reds and deep oranges.
:36:27. > :36:32.And as you go into the garden, it gets taller and more secluded. Right
:36:33. > :36:41.in the centre, a beautiful, green sanctuary.
:36:42. > :36:48.Tom, this is a beautiful garden, can you talk through design for me. The
:36:49. > :36:53.idea is you are transported on this hectic, bustling showground
:36:54. > :36:57.environment, you move through oranges, yellows, the colours start
:36:58. > :37:07.to become happy and joyful. There is a really vibrant yellow, and a lemon
:37:08. > :37:14.popsicle. In the red band, there is a really black foliage and red
:37:15. > :37:17.flower. You move into purples, blues, and everything takes on a
:37:18. > :37:21.progressive quality. Planting simplifies, there are less species
:37:22. > :37:26.and mixes. You reach the central century, where we are now,
:37:27. > :37:29.surrounded by the towering green mood, reflecting in the water bowl,
:37:30. > :37:35.and the simple stone benches, which is quite Zen and meditative. It
:37:36. > :37:42.really is. It represents in a calm and inner peace.
:37:43. > :37:48.You have used grasses in a tremendous way because it links
:37:49. > :37:52.everything together. What grasses have you got? In the blue mix, it
:37:53. > :38:01.gives a tall and airy quality. The Orange gives a hazy quality to
:38:02. > :38:07.the plants. Without it, it would feel quite stark. The grasses give a
:38:08. > :38:14.sense of movement, echoed in the bamboo as well.
:38:15. > :38:22.For me, this is a wonderful space, Tom. I could sit here for hours,
:38:23. > :38:25.surrounded by this green. It is a real space the meditation and
:38:26. > :38:37.reflection, it's brilliant. I love it. Thank you.
:38:38. > :38:41.I think those Changing World Gardens are a great addition to the show,
:38:42. > :38:43.and I look forward to seeing more myself.
:38:44. > :38:46.Each night this week, Adam Frost will be sharing his designer knowhow
:38:47. > :38:51.to ensure you get the most from your plants when designing your garden.
:38:52. > :38:53.In his first instalment, Adam's focus is the perennial
:38:54. > :39:11.For me, roses are a truly fantastic plant. When you think about it, Al
:39:12. > :39:13.relationship with them goes back generations. Every single one of us
:39:14. > :39:26.has a favourite. Mine is Rosa, but why do I like it?
:39:27. > :39:33.For me, it is a hard-working plant. I can use it in so many different
:39:34. > :39:37.settings to create different feels. When it comes to design, how we deal
:39:38. > :39:43.without boundaries is incredibly important. Roses can really play a
:39:44. > :39:46.part there, whether it is south, East, North West, you can find a
:39:47. > :39:50.plant that works well in all of those conditions.
:39:51. > :39:56.They are also great for adding height, whether it is over an
:39:57. > :40:01.archway, like this, which helps to create tension and pull you through
:40:02. > :40:06.to the next space. Or a border, or an arbour at the end of the garden.
:40:07. > :40:10.Even if you haven't got a lot of space, just a few well chosen pots
:40:11. > :40:12.that are planted around a seating area can bring colour and scent into
:40:13. > :40:28.that space. From that slightly old-fashioned
:40:29. > :40:32.formal feel back there, this is softer. This is the way that roses
:40:33. > :40:37.can be used in design to add structure to a herbaceous border. If
:40:38. > :40:41.you look, it is really clever. Look at the plant closely. When the bud
:40:42. > :40:48.comes out, there is a red tinge, and it gets picked up. Then as they
:40:49. > :40:54.open, they become softer, and that gets picked up in the peculiar.
:40:55. > :41:01.I think, for me, in a sense, it demonstrates they can add structure
:41:02. > :41:06.to the base it is planted in. But actually, you can more or less drift
:41:07. > :41:10.goes into the flour setting. These plants will work in so many places.
:41:11. > :41:23.-- We rock up here in this more modern
:41:24. > :41:28.setting, and they really work. Look at this border in front of me, and
:41:29. > :41:32.if I strip it back, you start building it up, put a tree in, so
:41:33. > :41:39.you choose the right tree for the space. Then you add a shrub layer.
:41:40. > :41:46.But the roses can work really well within that layer. The win GM look
:41:47. > :41:53.crisp and modern, and give it an edge. They look comfortable with the
:41:54. > :42:01.roses. We choose the rose first of all for the flour, but they bring
:42:02. > :42:02.sent, so when you choose a plant that is going to add to the field
:42:03. > :42:16.that you are trying to create. For most of us, summer is about
:42:17. > :42:20.colour and how it is brought into the garden. There is one plant that
:42:21. > :42:22.has risen to the top again, and that is salvias. Carroll has gone to have
:42:23. > :42:38.a look. Salvias are everywhere you look this
:42:39. > :42:43.year. They have several characteristics of their family,
:42:44. > :42:51.square stems, and beautifully lipped flowers. This is a huge genius,
:42:52. > :42:54.around 1000 different species, some shrubs, some hardy perennials, some
:42:55. > :43:01.annuals. They all contribute so much to the summer display. They give you
:43:02. > :43:04.long jeopardy of flour, flowering from June to the frost, and
:43:05. > :43:20.brilliant colours, a kaleidoscope. Because these plants, these lovely
:43:21. > :43:24.salvias are becoming so popular, what people really want to know is,
:43:25. > :43:30.how to grow them. What do you recommend? Easy, plenty of sunshine
:43:31. > :43:35.and wild soil. Even if you haven't got a garden, you can grow salvias.
:43:36. > :43:38.Grow them in a container, perfect. They look gorgeous. You can move
:43:39. > :43:42.them around and put them in the most son in the garden. Also, an
:43:43. > :43:49.advantage of that is you can bring them close to your nose. Aromatic
:43:50. > :43:53.foliage. Very much so. Once you have your salvias, you can propagate them
:43:54. > :44:00.easily, can't you? Are you try to put me out of business now! Take the
:44:01. > :44:06.cuttings any time from early May to July. Whenever you prune a salvia,
:44:07. > :44:13.you regenerate the growth. Take the tip cuttings and they bud quickly.
:44:14. > :44:18.Keep it humid, put a bag over the top or in a propagator. On a
:44:19. > :44:24.windowsill or something. They want to route. This time of year, they
:44:25. > :44:27.route in a fortnight. We have a question from Katie and Heather on
:44:28. > :44:36.Facebook. They both want to know what is the best way to grow their
:44:37. > :44:44.salvias. Leave them and the ground and don't put on them. Give it a
:44:45. > :44:49.ride in a blog baron, if it is in a bowl, put it in a conservatory or
:44:50. > :44:54.greenhouse. If it is in the ground, give it a prune and keep it ticking
:44:55. > :45:01.over through the winter. Plant them out in the spring, but by this time
:45:02. > :45:06.of year, some of them look leggy. They are, they are getting towards
:45:07. > :45:09.the beginning of the flowering period, and Babel start to tip. They
:45:10. > :45:23.need a prune. Take a third off them. One of my customers came in and
:45:24. > :45:30.coined a phrase, you have heard of the Chelsea shop? And we ought to do
:45:31. > :45:33.one around the Hampton Court time. It is now the Hampton hangar. It
:45:34. > :45:41.describes it perfectly. The Hampton Hack doesn't only work
:45:42. > :45:44.on Salvias - there are a number of plants in your borders that
:45:45. > :45:54.will benefit from a July haircut. We're calling it the Hampton hack,
:45:55. > :45:59.but of course it might be that in some years, such as this one,
:46:00. > :46:03.because it's been very warm, plants are further ahead than you would
:46:04. > :46:08.expect, so you might not choose to. Generally speaking, he would take a
:46:09. > :46:13.plans like this, a perfect specimen. I would cut is probably a third of
:46:14. > :46:17.the way down, just above a pair of leaves, like that. That diverts that
:46:18. > :46:22.nanograms, instead of going straight up, it's going to produce more
:46:23. > :46:27.growth from here. You will get branching stems, a bushy plant,
:46:28. > :46:35.probably with many more flowers. I'll do this one here as well. You
:46:36. > :46:39.can play with the proportions on the plant, leave some stems longer, so
:46:40. > :46:45.they flower earlier, take some further down, they will flower
:46:46. > :46:49.later. Experiment a little bit. I've also got some hardy geraniums.
:46:50. > :46:52.Depending on the type of hardy geraniums you have, some of them,
:46:53. > :46:57.particularly older forms, reach a point where the flowering is pretty
:46:58. > :47:01.much over. With this you can be quite brutal, take them right back,
:47:02. > :47:14.foliage and everything, remove it, just a few inches above ground
:47:15. > :47:20.level. It looks brutal, but what you will get after a few weeks, then
:47:21. > :47:24.threw into the autumn, is a nice new flush of leaves from the base, and
:47:25. > :47:30.probably more flowers. At least it will look attractive in the border.
:47:31. > :47:35.Some hardy geraniums keep an flowering, keep producing flowers,
:47:36. > :47:39.so for those I prefer to take the stems down, the flower stems, you
:47:40. > :47:43.can see the flowers have finished, take those down further into the
:47:44. > :47:49.plant. Leaving most of the foliage on. It continues to produce more
:47:50. > :47:53.buds, more flowers to the season. Sometimes deadheading is as simple
:47:54. > :47:59.as pulling off the top of a spent flower, taking them down further on
:48:00. > :48:07.the stem. The main thing is to keep doing it. You add lots more flower
:48:08. > :48:10.power. Gardening is a playground of experimentation and great garden
:48:11. > :48:15.designers are always looking for new ways of doing things. Award-winning
:48:16. > :48:18.designer Andy Sturgeon has long held an ambition to build a very
:48:19. > :48:25.different kind of garden. One using the recycled remnants of past
:48:26. > :48:29.Chelsea show gardens. To help realise this dream and promote
:48:30. > :48:34.garden design as a career choice, he recruited a band of volunteers and
:48:35. > :48:39.students who were very keen to make their first foray into the world of
:48:40. > :48:44.horticulture. We caught up with Andy as he began his journey to creating
:48:45. > :48:52.this ambitious garden. Hunting for iconic Chelsea relics.
:48:53. > :48:59.This is really exciting because there are places like this up and
:49:00. > :49:08.down the country. It's basically a Chelsea graveyard. At the end of
:49:09. > :49:12.Chelsea week, some gardens get relocated, but often they get broken
:49:13. > :49:20.up in bits and go off in different directions. The reason all these
:49:21. > :49:25.gems still exist is thanks to my good friend David Dodd, landscape
:49:26. > :49:30.gardener extraordinaire and builder of many show gardens, two or three
:49:31. > :49:34.of them for me as well. How long have you been collecting this junk?
:49:35. > :49:41.How dare you, it's not junk, this is my lifeblood! Since we've been doing
:49:42. > :49:45.Chelsea. Probably about ten years. It is loved, cared for, crafted by
:49:46. > :49:49.skilled people, and I hate seeing stuff go in skips. There will be a
:49:50. > :49:56.home for every piece of material down there. Go on, show me.
:49:57. > :50:04.I've always had this daft idea of making a new show garden out of old
:50:05. > :50:08.bits of other Chelsea Gardens, taking key elements and structures,
:50:09. > :50:16.the iconic pieces, and reimagining them and making an entirely new show
:50:17. > :50:20.garden. This is going to be slightly different because normally I might
:50:21. > :50:23.spend a whole year doing perhaps dozens of drawings and making models
:50:24. > :50:29.and really nailing down every aspect of the design. At this point I have
:50:30. > :50:34.no idea what I'm doing. I have very little time, very little money. I've
:50:35. > :50:35.come here to see if I can find some inspiration and find lots of things
:50:36. > :50:48.to use. I've got these fantastic concrete
:50:49. > :50:53.benches and they are absolutely stunning, they came from a garden
:50:54. > :50:55.last year. He's never asked for them back, so we might as well use them
:50:56. > :51:02.somewhere or other. I need to accommodate things where I
:51:03. > :51:08.can. It would be a shame to pass over something like this. This was
:51:09. > :51:12.one of the radio to gardens, designed by Matt Keatley. If I can
:51:13. > :51:19.plug these holes, we've got an instant pool. Starting with this,
:51:20. > :51:23.that is a pretty good place to be. This looks like it's from the beauty
:51:24. > :51:32.of Islam garden from a few years ago. It's really, really brilliant,
:51:33. > :51:36.quite a find. When you do a normal garden you spend a year worrying,
:51:37. > :51:40.basically, sleepless nights, the rest of it. You've avoided the
:51:41. > :51:48.sleepless nights by leaving it all to last minute? I like that, I like
:51:49. > :51:52.that thinking. No plans, no drawings, so to call it organic is a
:51:53. > :51:55.slight understatement. To call it chaos is probably slightly more an
:51:56. > :52:11.accurate description of it. I think it's David who came across
:52:12. > :52:15.the idea to use it as a way to promote landscaping as a career.
:52:16. > :52:19.Because there is a crisis going on at the moment, people find it very
:52:20. > :52:22.hard to recruit people into the industry because they are not seeing
:52:23. > :52:28.it as the great profession that it is. We put a call to all colleges
:52:29. > :52:32.and apprenticeship schemes and we have over 40 people volunteer.
:52:33. > :52:37.It's a fantastic atmosphere and where learning an awful lot about
:52:38. > :52:41.all the things we don't normally do. Ultimately I would like to become a
:52:42. > :52:50.garden designer. Hopefully. Like Andy Sturgeon. These are the pools
:52:51. > :52:54.that we found in David's Yard, it's amazing what you can turn some of
:52:55. > :53:01.these things into that looked, in a way, like junk. Now they will be
:53:02. > :53:06.things of beauty. Sam Ovens bench. What has helped it is as well as
:53:07. > :53:10.having the stuff from David's yard, we've borrowed all sorts of things
:53:11. > :53:19.from lots of other designers. These are some of the columns Cleeve West
:53:20. > :53:23.used in one of his amazing gardens. One of Sarah Eberly's trees from
:53:24. > :53:35.Chelsea flower show this year. Quite a happy band going on here. At this
:53:36. > :53:55.point I don't quite know how it's going to turn out.
:53:56. > :54:06.I recognise so many bits of your garden. Not our garden, it's other
:54:07. > :54:17.people's gardens. It's like a trip down memory lane for me show
:54:18. > :54:22.gardens. The columns, Andy's fins. Pearson's rocks. These benches we
:54:23. > :54:26.had in 2014 from Adam Frost. Even from last year. You would normally
:54:27. > :54:32.put this many different things into any garden really. The key features.
:54:33. > :54:38.You wouldn't normally have this many, for sure. It works, it feels
:54:39. > :54:42.cohesive. Thanks for saying that, I was terrified it would be a complete
:54:43. > :54:49.dog's dinner. That is the reason for all these hedges. They
:54:50. > :54:53.compartmentalised in a way you can't see one part from another. If you
:54:54. > :54:58.had to choose one part of this garden that is your favourite what
:54:59. > :55:02.would it be? I love water and construction. The planting is
:55:03. > :55:09.beautiful, but for me, I love this paving. Going over the pool in that
:55:10. > :55:15.sort of beautiful reflective water. I think it's really, really crisp
:55:16. > :55:19.and clean work. I love it. Probably my favourite thing is the different
:55:20. > :55:23.vistas, of all of them it is the longest list, coming down from that
:55:24. > :55:30.bottom corner, winding through these plants to where we sit. You didn't
:55:31. > :55:37.get a drawing? It was, how can I put it, a sketch. Loose. When did you
:55:38. > :55:42.get it? We were already on the site, then it turned up. In my defence, I
:55:43. > :55:47.didn't know what we were going to get, what stuff we had, I did always
:55:48. > :55:51.say I would do it last minute. The whole idea of the garden is to get
:55:52. > :55:56.more people interested in landscaping, more landscape is on
:55:57. > :56:00.board. How has it been working with inexperienced landscapers?
:56:01. > :56:04.Mentoring? The wonderful thing for me was seeing them as they started
:56:05. > :56:10.the flag after the very heavy construction and digging and
:56:11. > :56:15.lifting, mixing concrete, which they've learned how to do. Seeing
:56:16. > :56:21.Andy come in and do the men touring of the planting was wonderful. Their
:56:22. > :56:26.enthusiasm suddenly lifted again. The whole emphasis of this go
:56:27. > :56:29.landscape campaign is to encourage people. What better place to start
:56:30. > :56:33.than with the show garden, to see what can be achieved at such an
:56:34. > :56:36.excellent standard. It's a great garden, but also thank you for
:56:37. > :56:43.encouraging people into landscaping, and hopefully showing then it can be
:56:44. > :56:55.exciting. Your enthusiasm shines through, I'm sure everyone will
:56:56. > :56:59.really love it. You have to give credit to David and Andy encouraging
:57:00. > :57:03.more landscapers into the world. I started off mixing cement for a
:57:04. > :57:06.bricklayer and I loved being outdoors, I love the physical
:57:07. > :57:10.engagement in landscaping. Actually watching a garden appear before your
:57:11. > :57:16.eyes is better than shuffling a bit of paper from one side of the desk
:57:17. > :57:20.to the other. The doing is really important. It's not a division. One
:57:21. > :57:25.of these show gardens here at Hampton Court would exist without
:57:26. > :57:30.collaboration between landscapers and designers. How does that work?
:57:31. > :57:34.The designer comes up with the idea but they will always talk to a
:57:35. > :57:40.landscape about what is achievable, how materials go together, and rely
:57:41. > :57:43.on the landscaper to make it happen. Unpractical, I love working like
:57:44. > :57:47.this. If we can get younger people not just be a designer, everybody
:57:48. > :57:51.wants to be a designer, but doing it. Can you imagine if you're 17,
:57:52. > :57:58.I'm going to train you to drive a digger. Such good fun. Ripping out,
:57:59. > :58:03.moving, moving earth, creating. I know, it makes me want to have a go.
:58:04. > :58:06.None of these gardens would be here without diggers. They are only here
:58:07. > :58:12.for a week so we have to make the most. We have more time this evening
:58:13. > :58:17.to make the most of anything. There is mass is more to see here at the
:58:18. > :58:21.RHS and in Court Palace flower show. We'll be back tomorrow night at
:58:22. > :58:26.9:30pm on BBC Two, Nick Bailey will be looking at the science of scent
:58:27. > :58:31.and I'll be talking to a very special royal guest on a garden that
:58:32. > :58:33.has been designed especially for the veterans of the Armed Forces. Join
:58:34. > :58:37.us tomorrow night. Goodbye.